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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember 19, 2006 Q..,{JV~ ~ lJ,J,-l ~ io-yole o 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755.5100 FAX (763) 755.8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING September 19, 2006 6:00 p.m. Conference Rooms A & B AGENDA 1. Call to Order - 6:00 p.m. 2. Approval of Minutes (9/5/06 Regular Mtg.) 3. Letter of Intent/Purchase Agreement Review (DeShaw Funeral Home) o 4. Purchase Agreement Review (NBI - Office Building) 5. Review Proposed Signs at Andover Station (United Properties) 6. Review Proposed Neon Band Signage (Northgate Liquor) 7. Update on Economic Development Activities 8. Other Business 9. Adjourn o o o o CITY OF NDOVE ANDOVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY MEETING SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 - MINUTES A Meeting of the Andover Economic Development Authority was called to order by President Mike Gamache, September 19,2006,6:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Present: Commissioners Don Jacobson, Ken Ortiel, Julie Trude; Voting resident member Joyce Twistol Commissioner Mike Knight, Voting resident member Robert Nowak, Edward Schultz (Advisor to the EDA) Executive Director, Jim Dickinson Community Development Director, Will Neumeister City Engineer, David Berkowitz Others . Absent: Also present: APPROVAL OF MINUTES September 5, 2006: Correct as written. MOTION by Trude, Seconded by Jacobson, approval of the Minutes as written. Motion carried nmmimously. Commissioner Ortiel arrived at 6:05 p.m. LETTER OF INTENT/PURCHASE AGREEMENT REVIEW (DESHAW FUNERAL HOME) Executive Director Dickinson stated at the September 5, 2006 EDA meeting, the EDA asked for revisions to Mr. DeShaw's Letter of Intent. The letter of intent and purchase agreement both pertain to the land the EDA is planning to sell to Daniel DeShaw as the site for a new funeral home. Based on the EDA's direction, the crematorium has been removed from the language in the documents. Mr. Dickinson indicated he is looking at the EDA covering 50% of the cost for the utilities and oversizing and the buyer would be covering the costs of the driveway. Commissioner Jacobson stated Mr. Nowak indicated in his memo that the letter from the buyer to the EDA has crematorium. in it and it should be removed. Mr. Dickinson indicated the developer is fine with the change. o o o Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2006 Page 2 Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Twistol, to approve the revised letter of intent and purchase agreement and to authorize the Executive Director to sign the documents. Commissioner Trude stated she wants to make sure they are selling the land for a funeral home alone without a crematorium. She stated this does not preclude them from putting, in a crematorium. She read from the motion of the previous minutes. President Gamache indicated the intent is to limit the use to a funeral home but in the future the applicant could apply for a CUP for a crematorium. He stated the sale of the land is for the funeral home. Motion carried unanimously. PURCHASE AGREEMENT REVIEW (NBI - OFFICE BUILDING) Executive Director Dickinson explained the City Attorney has prepared a purchase agreement based on the letter of intent submitted by Andy Stoner (Nassau Builders, Inc.) for the north half of Lot 24, Block 1; Parkside at Andover Station. Mr. Dickinson noted one change to the contingencies should be "market conditions or economic viability". Commissioner Trude stated this is a contingency they control. Commissioner Jacobson asked if this agreement is for six months. Mr. Dickinson indicated it is. Commissioner Trude stated some of the contingencies include getting the entire building approved which will be longer than six months so she wondered how they could know the viability before then. Mr. Dickilison stated within six months of the signing of the agreement they will know the viability of the project and at that time the deposit becomes non-returnable. Commissioner Trude stated when she was looking at the minutes it was unclear about the trash enclosures and her indicating she did not want plastic enclosures. She does not want to see the steel gates with plastic woven through. She thought they could have trash enclosures inside or a nice looking enclosure outside of the building. Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Trude, to approve the purchase agreement with the added contingency to be drawn up by the City Attorney and authorize the Executive Director to sign the documents. Motion carried unanimously. REVIEW PROPOSED SIGNSAT ANDOVER STATION (UNITED PROPERTIES) Community Development Director Neumeister explained United Properties has asked for the EDA to review their request to update their monument sign package at Andover Station. o o o Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2006 Page 3 Mr. Bruce Carlson, United Properties, made a monument sign package presentation to the Commission. ' Commissioner Trude wondered if the area will look too cluttered with signs. Mr. Carlson stated in his experience people look at the signs individually and thought the signs would look symmetrical. Commissioner Jacobson asked if the sign ordinance allowed so many feet per business and if they took the feet from the proposed signs and put them together, would they match the size allowed or be more or less. Mr. Dickinson stated because it is Andover Station, they are able to vary from the sign ordinance to a point. They are allowed to have multiple tenants on one sign monument. President Gamache thought the way the signs are lined up, the signs might block each other depending on which way you are traveling. Commissioner Jacobson stated there are more tenants than sign space available. Mr. Carlson stated they would put a tenant on the sign dependent on when they sign their lease. He indicated that is the only fair way to do it and has been done that way in the past. He noted it is an incentive to sign earlier in new buildings. President Gamache indicated he is ok with the sign monument. Commissioner Trude agreed. Motion by Trude, Seconded by Orttel, to approve the new monument signs at Andover Station as presented by Bruce Carlson of United Properties. Motion carried unanimously. REVIEW PROPOSED NEON BAND SIGNAGE (NORTHGATE LIQUOR) Executive Director Dickinson stated Bruce Knowlan, Northgate Liquors owner, has requested approval of a signage package for the new location of North gate Liquors. Mr. Bruce Knowlan showed the Commission the neon band signage he would like to put on his building. He stated the reason they want to install a band is because they would be behind Walgreens and with the bank coming in they did not want to get lost from sight. He indicated it will draw attention to them. Ms. Twistol wondered if any thought was given to uplighting rather than neon banding. Mr. Knowlan stated they had a person come in to review the lighting and that was not brought up as an option. He stated the red neon will be subtle and match the signage they have. There will not be any neon lighting along the townhome side of the building. Commissioner Trude did not see anything wrong with this. Mr. Carlson thought this would o o o Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2006 Page 4 create an entity and would look good. Commissioner Trude wondered if they are going to do any of the canopies on the new building. Mr. Knowlan did not think: they would do this because it can be dangerous. He stated snow sits on top of the canopy and melts and creates ice below it. Motion by Orttel, Seconded by Twistol, to approve one neon red band for the liquor store as presented. Motion carried nmmimously. Commissioner Trude wondered if the landscaping is being worked on in the back of the building. Mr. Neumeister thought it was probably submitted but he has not seen it yet. UPDATE ON EDA ACTIVITIES Executive Director Dickinson updated the Commission on EDA activities going on in the City. Commissioner Trude wondered if on the Rudnicki site they gave too many signs for the tenants. Mr. Dickinson stated because of their location, he thought it would be ok. Commissioner Jacobson asked what the price point is for the Bruggeman Homes in the front. Mr. Dickinson stated it is between $180,000 to $220,000. Commissioner Trude wondered if they could do a newsletter article on the Towncenter area. Mr. Dickinson indicated Mr. John Larkin was in and stated he is going to bring forward a letter of intent soon. Commissioner Jacobson stated Mr. Larkin knew what their design requirements were and he wondered if he would meet them with his ideas for a building. Mr. Dickinson thought the building Mr. Larkin would propose would fit in with the design standards and there would not be a dome. Commissioner Trude thought they should talk to Mike Mulrooney again about some of the parcels at Andover Station North that are still open. Commissioner Jacobson wondered ifPovlitzki has indicated any interest in developing some of his parcels in the back. Mr. Dickinson stated they have not heard anything. OTHER BUSINESS Mr. Dickinson stated he has been researching information on the lease revenue bond for the Community Center and he was looking at refinancing the bonds. He indicated if they refinance o o o Andover Economic Development Authority Meeting Minutes - September 19, 2006 Page 5 they would be saving 1.1 million dollars over the next thirty years. He noted they do not have time for the ninety day process because the interest rates may rise on bonds within that time. The Commission is asked to consider a parameters resolution that would need to be approved by the EDA and City Council which would authorize the City Treasurer to negotiate the deal. He noted this is an acceptable and legal process and the Bond Counsel is on board. He stated he would bring this back to the next EDA and City Council meetings for discussion and approval. Commissioner Trude wondered if they had heard about any other projects in the City that are not being leased with the EDA. Mr. Dickinson reviewed a couple of the other businesses in the City with the Commission. Motion by Jacobson, Seconded by Trude, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan Osbeck, Recording Secretary